Ye'se Get a Hole to Hide It in
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Ye'se Get a Hole to Hide It in - meaning Summary
Coy Sexual Banter
This short Scots song presents a teasing, flirtatious encounter at a fair. A female speaker rebuffs and provokes a man through repeated refrains, alternating shame, mock-resistance, and invitations that mix physical suggestiveness with comic understatement. The recurring line functions as a jaunty retort that both deflects and acknowledges unwanted advances. The tone shifts between coyness and irritation, suggesting a social ritual of courtship and boundary-testing in a rural community. Readers should expect humor, double entendre, and a performance-oriented voice rather than a sober moral lesson.
Read Complete AnalysesO will ye speak at our town, As ye come frae the fair? And ye'se get a hole to hide it in, Ye'se get a hole to hide it in; Will ye speak to our town As ye come frae the fair, Ye'se get a hole to hide it in, Will haud it a' and mair. O haud awa your hand, Sir, Ye gar me ay think shame; An' ye'se get a hole to hide it in; Ye'se get a hole to hide it in; O haud awa your hand, Sir, Ye gar me ay think shame; An' ye'se get a hole to hide it in, An' think yoursel at hame. O will ye let abee, Sir; Toots! now, ye're rivt my sark, An' ye'se get a hole to hide it in, Ye'se get a hole to hide it in; O will ye let abee, Sir; Toots! Now, ye've reft my sark; An' ye'se get a hole to hide it in, Whare ye may work your wark. O haud awa your hand, Sir, Ye're like to pit me daft; And ye'se get a hole to hide it in, Ye'se get a hole to hide it in; O haud awa your hand, Sir, Ye're like to put me daft; An' ye'se get a hole to hide it in, To keep it warm and saft. O had it in your hand, Sir, Till I get up my claes, An' ye'se get a hole to hide it in, Ye'se get a hole to hide it in; O had it in your hand, Sir, Till I get up my claes; An' ye'se get a hole to hide it in, To keep it frae the flaes.
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